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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?
2. Knight told his interrogators that he had spent how many years living in the woods?
3. When the hermit broke into Pine Tree in Chapter 1, he had only three edible items back at his tent. What was NOT one of the edible supplies the hermit had back at his camp?
4. On what type of object was Knight sitting during Finkel's visit to see him in jail?
5. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the fact that when the police arrested Knight, he was wearing a pair of Lands' End size 38 jeans?
2. Describe Knight's sole encounter with another human during his time living in the forest, according to Finkel in Chapter 5.
3. What were Christopher Knight's criteria when he decided whether to steal an item or not during his time living in the woods?
4. Describe the scene of Finkel's first visit to see Knight in jail.
5. In what township was Knight arrested and why is this information significant?
6. How does Finkel go about portraying Sergeant Terry Hughes in a sympathetic light and for what purpose does he take this action?
7. How does Finkel use historical allusions to shed further light on the case of the North Pond hermit?
8. What were the contents of the final letter Knight sent to Finkel and what were Finkel's feelings about this final letter?
9. Describe the physical location of Knight's campsite.
10. In what way does Knight often mix comedy and tragedy within his spoken and written comments presented by Finkel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Finkel's decision to include humor within the nonfiction text of The Stranger in the Woods. What purpose did Finkel have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
Essay Topic 2
Examine Finkel’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Finkel’s novel The Stranger in the Woods. What message is Finkel sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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